Starting from Windows 10 build 1809, Windows has a native SSH client that is based on the OpenSSH port. If you try to connect to some host from a Windows command line (CMD) or PowerShell using the ssh command, you may receive the error as follows: Bad owner or permissions on C:\\Users\\<username>/.ssh/config This short note […]
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Rename User Folder in Windows
User profiles in Windows on the most of computers are usually located in the folder C:\users\. By default, the user folder name is the same as you user name. But if you change your user name, the old name of your user folder will remain and you may want to rename it as well. The […]
PasswordNeverExpires: Disable Password Expiration
A password expiration is a feature in Windows that forces users to change their passwords after a certain number of days. When it is time to change your password, Windows will send you a “Consider changing your password” notification. In this note i will show several ways of how to disable the password expiration of […]
Change User Name of Local Account in Windows
There may be different reasons for changing a local user account name in Windows. For example, you may want to change the name on the sign-in screen to your actual name instead of the nickname or vice versa. This short note describes the easiest way of changing a user name of the local account in […]
Disable Startup Programs in Windows
It is quite annoying when some apps are not expected to, but they are automatically opening on startup in Windows. And it raises a perfectly logical question, how to stop such apps from running at startup. In this note i will show the easiest and the most efficient way of how to find ALL startup […]
You Need Permission to Perform This Action [FIXED]
While trying to delete, copy, move or rename some files or folders in Windows you may get the error: “You need permission to perform this action” followed by “You require permission from the computer’s administrator to make changes to this file or folder“. This “Access Denied” error means that you are not authorized to make […]
What Active Directory Groups Am I In?
If your computer is running in a corporate environment, one day you may wonder which Active Directory (AD) groups your current user is a member of. The easiest way to see what AD groups i am a member of is by executing the appropriate commands from a command prompt (CMD or PowerShell) and this short […]
Start Maximized | Minimized Program – CMD (Batch)
A START command is used to run a program or command in a separate window from a Windows command prompt (CMD). The new window can be started as maximized or minimized, that can be controlled using the /MAX or /MIN switches correspondingly. Below i will show how to start a program in the maximized or […]
Windows: Get a User’s SID – CMD & PowerShell
Any user, group or computer in Windows has a unique SID (security identifier) assigned. The SIDs are used to control access to various Windows resources like files, registry keys, network shares, etc. Below i will show you how to get the user’s SID and how to do the reverse SID lookup (get the user name […]
Windows: Migrate Domain User Profile To Local
If you are leaving a company and keep your corporate laptop, that is in a company’s AD domain (e.g. AzureAD), with you, you may wonder how to keep your user’s profile settings and data before removing it from the domain. Unfortunately, by the moment, Microsoft doesn’t propose any official tool to migrate the domain user […]